Essays Tagged: "antiquity"

rchitect Flippo Brunelleschi, with whom he reputedly visited Rome in order to study the monument of Antiquity.Donatellos career can be divided into three very distinct periods. The first, which is com ... 1443 and is generally characterized by a reliance on the models and principles of the sculpture of antiquity. Donatello worked with the Florentine sculpture and architect Michelozzo from 1425 - 1435. ...

igns of the zodiac. Theorgins of the names given to each sign extend into the mostremote regions of antiquity. Terrestrial animal gods, whetherreal or imagined , were one day projected onto the conste ...

r freedom,@ to which the general-turned-slave replied, AI will win the crowds.@ From the annuals of antiquity, this same message now travels by satellite, coaxial cable, and through the airwaves. The ...

ightened and Christian nation, no more than a cipher-- or, in other words, those heathen nations of antiquity, had but little more among them than the name and form of slavery; while wretchedness and ...

sance means 'rebirth' or 'recovery', has its origins in Italy and is associated with the rebirth of antiquity or Greco-Roman civilization. The age of the Renaissance is believed to elapse over a perio ... classical culture.But the Renaissance was not exclusively associated with the revival of classical antiquity. It is believed that precisely from the fifteenth century great changes took place affecti ...

a: Military GeniusByIntroductionCarthage Before Hannibal Carthage, one of the most famous cities of antiquity, was founded on the north coast of Africa by the Phoenicians of Tyre (sur) in 814 B.C. The ...

ell of space travelers who came to earth from distant parts of the Cosmos? Are some of the ruins of antiquity remnants of great airfields, the favoured landing sites of extraterrestrial craft?"Yes!," ...

her or not the power wielded by her was unique throughout various ancient societies.In the world of antiquity, proportionately few women had either power or prestige. The position of Egyptian women as ...

students flocked to Italy from all of Europe to study philosophy, the classics, and the remains of antiquity. Italian literature and art, even clothing and furniture designs, were imitated in the res ...

53a2)." The analysis will begin as to the practices and perceptions, or the thoughts and actions of antiquity which began as politics as a natural extension of the world. This line from The Politics i ... e individual is not an autonomous entity and explains why there was no concept of the individual in antiquity (1253a18-29). However, these three claims are embodied by the notion: the polis or politic ...

archus*Aristarchus of Samos (310-230 B.C.), was a astronomer often referred to as the Copernicus of antiquity, laid the foundation for much scientific examination of the heavens. According to his cont ...

and physical properties in the elements. The first contributions to the periodic table were made in antiquity, with the discovery of obvious elements such as gold, silver, tin, copper, lead and mercur ...

ds is one of the best preserved buildings of the Roman Empire, the most influential domed design in antiquity, and the most incredible display of concrete ever seen. Not only did Hadrian earn the resp ...

lutionized the thinking of his society. "The Renaissance was poised between the humanists' links to antiquity and the challenges of new social, political, economic, scientific, and ecclesiastical deve ...

praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that honors due only to excellence are paid to antiquity is a complaint likely to be always continued by those, who, being able to add nothing to t ... d flatter themselves that the regard is yet denied by envy will be at last bestowed by time. Antiquity, like every other quality that attracts the notice of mankind, has undoubtedly votaries th ...

ous bronze doors at the baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence. After that he studied the monument of Antiquity with the architect Flippo Brunelleschi.Donatellos career can be divided into three very di ...